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Immigration must work for people on low and middle incomes
Simply telling people that high migration is inevitable and that they shouldn’t worry is not the way to gain public trust.
China: Mass stabbing shows the country must address Uighur grievances
Awareness of the plight of the Uighurs needs to be raised and China needs to address their very real grievances in order to prevent further disenfranchisement.
Chuka Umunna speech: more important than you think
Chuka Ummuna has set out Labour’s plans to institutionalize the developmental state and the rise in productivity it achieved in 1997-2010 to solve the living standards crisis.
The Trussell Trust supplies 600,000 emergency parcels in nine months
New figures released by the Trussell Trust show that the food bank charity provided emergency parcels containing three days food more than 600,000 times between April and December last year.
Immigration benefits Britain. But it benefits some more than others
Immigration means different things to different people. The left should recognise that.
Public more worried about Tory relationship with big business than about Labour and the unions
The public are more concerned about the Tory Party’s relationship with big business than they are worried about Labour’s relationship with the trade unions.
Salmond goes to London as the IFS goes to Scotland
Alex Salmond last night delivered a speech in London in which he declared that an independent Scotland would be good for the economy of the remainder of the UK.
Apprenticeships must be more than just another vocational option for the non-academic
The apprenticeship brand has work to do to adapt its image for a new generation of workers.
The government is backing coal and downgrading the climate
The government say they are committed to decarbonisation and that they want to move away from coal. But in reality their policies are improving the economics of coal and undermining the transition to a low-carbon system.
Sorry Boris, but taking children away from their parents won’t stop radicalisation
There is very little academic evidence to suggest that parents play a key role in radicalisation.